Camera upgrade

[Unknown_enigma]

Hello. Can anyone give me some advice for the following.

Camera: Nikon D90

Lenses: Nikon 85mm 1:3 / Nikon 18-105 3.5 / Sigma 10-20. 1:4-5.6 / Sigma 70-200 1:2

I am looking to upgrade my camera $2000 max budget.

Thanks

 

[Michael Fryd]

You should only upgrade your camera only if it’s limiting you, not just because you have the money to.

I disagree. Upgrading your camera, as long as you have the money, means

• the camera maker has a greater chance of surviving the general market decline,
• the store has a better chance of surviving Covid-19,
• the sales person has a better chance of keeping their job,
• and someone else might get to enjoy the gear you can now get rid off, at a price they can afford.

You may not like it, but that's how our economies function.

If you are trying to help your local store, a new camera might not be the most helpful purchase. Camera prices are competitive, and the profit margin on a camera sale can be quite low.

If your goal is to help your local camera store, you might be better off keeping your camera and spending your money on accessories. A local camera store might make more profit from the sale of a filter, rather than your purchase of a more expensive lens.

 

[David5833]

1. There are many good reasons to want to upgrade from a D90 and the OP would have several excellent choices within their budget.

2. They said they did a little of everything but specifically mentioned portraits and landscapes. In the DX range a D500 would probably be overkill.

3. They said they found a good deal on a D750. I assume that means they bought one.

 

[Joey LLN]

The D750 is a great camera. Keep in mind it is FX and most of your lenses are DX. They will fit and take a photo but you'll see black edges in the viewfinder and your pictures will be 10.7MP which is actually less than your D90.

About this... I’ve never tried to use a DX lens with a full frame (Nikon) body. Is this (the fact that it still works using a small portion of the sensor) just a Nikon thing? I remember hearing that Canon EF-S (DX equivalent) lenses cannot even be used at all with full frame Canon bodies.

 

[Michael Fryd]

The D750 is a great camera. Keep in mind it is FX and most of your lenses are DX. They will fit and take a photo but you'll see black edges in the viewfinder and your pictures will be 10.7MP which is actually less than your D90.

About this... I’ve never tried to use a DX lens with a full frame (Nikon) body. Is this (the fact that it still works using a small portion of the sensor) just a Nikon thing? I remember hearing that Canon EF-S (DX equivalent) lenses cannot even be used at all with full frame Canon bodies.

Canon EF-S lenses are not compatible with Canon full frame DSLRs.

One of the limitations of a DSLR lens is that if the rear element can't be too close to the sensor or it will interfere with the operation of the mirror.

Crop body DSLRs have smaller mirrors. Some EF-S lenses have rear elements that protrude a little into the camera body. This is fine with a crop body mirror, but not compatible with a full frame mirror.

It turns out that allowing the rear element to be closer to the sensor can have optical advantages for certain focal lengths, allowing for a higher quality lens at a lower cost.

Therefore Canon's crop body EF-S lenses have the advantage of an optimized design, but the disadvantage that they can't be used on a full frame DSLR.

 

[Joey LLN]

The D750 is a great camera. Keep in mind it is FX and most of your lenses are DX. They will fit and take a photo but you'll see black edges in the viewfinder and your pictures will be 10.7MP which is actually less than your D90.

About this... I’ve never tried to use a DX lens with a full frame (Nikon) body. Is this (the fact that it still works using a small portion of the sensor) just a Nikon thing? I remember hearing that Canon EF-S (DX equivalent) lenses cannot even be used at all with full frame Canon bodies.

Canon EF-S lenses are not compatible with Canon full frame DSLRs.

One of the limitations of a DSLR lens is that if the rear element can't be too close to the sensor or it will interfere with the operation of the mirror.

Crop body DSLRs have smaller mirrors. Some EF-S lenses have rear elements that protrude a little into the camera body. This is fine with a crop body mirror, but not compatible with a full frame mirror.

It turns out that allowing the rear element to be closer to the sensor can have optical advantages for certain focal lengths, allowing for a higher quality lens at a lower cost.

Therefore Canon's crop body EF-S lenses have the advantage of an optimized design, but the disadvantage that they can't be used on a full frame DSLR.

Thank you for kindly clarifying! Learned something new.

 

[BrownieVet]

The D750 is a great camera. Keep in mind it is FX and most of your lenses are DX. They will fit and take a photo but you'll see black edges in the viewfinder and your pictures will be 10.7MP which is actually less than your D90.

This maybe off the topic . . .
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No on the bolded underlined phrase on Nikon DSLR.
The viewfinder of Nikon FX is the area bounded by the red frame.
When a DX lens is mounted on FX body, there is NO black edges on the viewfinder.
On the VF is a very fine outline of the DX ImageArea
Default factory IMAGE AREA is set to Auto DX Crop.
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Nikon FX OVF (Optical View Finder) is illustrated below

While the OVF always displays the image bounded by the red frame, the camera will record only the image within the blue frame - - - if the Image Area is at DX Crop.
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If the Image Area is set to FX, everything within the red frame is captured. The image outside the yellow circle maybe blurred. The later version of the DX 18-55mm seem to produce sharp edge-to-edge image on the entire FX frame.

NOTHING outside the Red frame is visible in the OVF. There are NO Projection circles either

 

[Tony Bologna]

The D750 is a great camera. Keep in mind it is FX and most of your lenses are DX. They will fit and take a photo but you'll see black edges in the viewfinder and your pictures will be 10.7MP which is actually less than your D90.

About this... I’ve never tried to use a DX lens with a full frame (Nikon) body. Is this (the fact that it still works using a small portion of the sensor) just a Nikon thing? I remember hearing that Canon EF-S (DX equivalent) lenses cannot even be used at all with full frame Canon bodies.

 

[Joey LLN]

The D750 is a great camera. Keep in mind it is FX and most of your lenses are DX. They will fit and take a photo but you'll see black edges in the viewfinder and your pictures will be 10.7MP which is actually less than your D90.

About this... I’ve never tried to use a DX lens with a full frame (Nikon) body. Is this (the fact that it still works using a small portion of the sensor) just a Nikon thing? I remember hearing that Canon EF-S (DX equivalent) lenses cannot even be used at all with full frame Canon bodies.

No, Sony mirrorless can do it as well. SOME Canon DSLRs can use it but you risk the full frame mirror hitting the rear element of the EF-S lens. The main reason I've used DX lenses on full frame is because at certain focal points (on a prime) and certain focal lengths (on a zoom) you actually get full frame coverage.

Thanks for letting me know! Interesting to know all these.